| verb | make a strident sound “She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone” |
| verb | hit hard “He smashed a 3-run homer” |
| verb | use explosives on “The enemy has been shelling us all day” |
| verb | apply a draft or strong wind to to “the air conditioning was blasting cold air at us” |
| verb | create by using explosives “blast a passage through the mountain” |
| verb | make with or as if with an explosion “blast a tunnel through the Alps” |
| verb | fire a shot “the gunman blasted away” |
| verb | criticize harshly or violently “The press savaged the new President” |
| verb | shatter as if by explosion |
| verb | shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly |
| adjective | expletives used informally as intensifiers “he's a blasted idiot” |
| blast | noun | a sudden very loud noise |
| blare | noun | a loud harsh or strident noise |
| smash | noun | a vigorous blow |
| smasher | noun | a person who smashes something |
| blaster | noun | a workman employed to blast with explosives |
| shell | noun | ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun |
| shelling | noun | the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target |
| shooter | noun | a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot) |
| shoot | noun | the act of shooting at targets |
| shooting | noun | the act of firing a projectile |
| damned | noun | people who are condemned to eternal punishment |